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Ancient Historian @UZH_CH | Culture and Identities in the First Millennium | Digital Classics | Conflict Analysis

Zürich, Schweiz
Joined July 2011
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(based on the high-res scan by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, see smb.museum/museen-einrichtun…) and a self-scanned ancient Roman votive inscription 🪦. This is only the start. We are exploring how 3D models help us gain a better grasp (literally 😉) of the past. 2/🧵
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History you can hold in your hand! 🏺✨ 🔥 The AIncient Studies Lab at @UZH_en just got an upgrade: A 3D scanner from @Creality3dP 🩻 and a 3D printer from @BambulabGlobal 🖨️. Check out our first prints: 👸 The iconic bust of Nofretete ... 1/🧵
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@FKMaier und ich freuen uns darauf, am IDA-Workshop zu den digitalen Altertumswissenschaften teilzunehmen und die @UZH_en dort vertreten zu dürfen! Danke an die Berner Kolleg:innen für die Einladung! #digitalhumanities #digitalclassics #digitalhistory #history #workshop
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A successful conference, inspiring and fun – a big thank you to our guests!
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Next week we host an international conference on "Self-organizing Groups in Rome’s Late Republican Empire".
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Nikolas Hächler @UZH_ch vertritt im kommenden Wintersemester Rene Pfeilschifter. Wir freuen uns alle auf ihn und den Zürcher Input in Forschung und Lehre.
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The #DH2025 in Lisbon 🇵🇹 finally begins (unfortunately, in a broadcast room 🥲). I'm looking forward to an exciting & inspirational conference. Zejie, @FKMaier , & I will present a paper in Session LP10. Looking forward to discussing with you. #digitalhumanities #digitalhistory
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Erfahrt alles über unser Projekt von @FKMaier & mir im neuen UZH Magazin 📖. Dort dreht sich alles um die Erzählkraft von Bildern. 🖼️ 👇 Hier geht es direkt zum Artikel: issuu.com/uzhch/docs/uzh_mag… #ReExperiencingHistory #AI #DigitalHumanities #AlteGeschichte #UZH @UZH_ch 2/🧵
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Mit Autokraten leben. Terror und Angst im Rom der Caesaren Unter diesem Titel wird Rene Pfeilschifter sein nächstes Buch schreiben, für @CHBeckLiteratur und bis 2027.
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🎉 Get ready to dive into the Dionysiac Mysteries with the AISL Podcast! 🍇 We're exploring these wild ancient Greek rituals dedicated to the god of wine, ecstasy, and transformation. 🤯 Think secret initiations, ecstatic dances, and mysteries! Listen: 🎙️ t.uzh.ch/1Nv
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Omar El Manfalouty has been awarded the ZAZH Prize for his dissertation "Freedom Rediscovered – Political Autonomy and Self-Determination in Josephus, Tacitus, and Early Christian Martyr Texts". The chair team warmly congratulates him on this achievement.
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Looking forward to presenting our research on historical image generation at the #CHR2024 (@CompHumResearch) conference in Aarhus this week 🤩! 📜: ceur-ws.org/Vol-3834/paper58… ✍️ by: Zejie Guo, Ülkü Karagöz, Eva Maria Willi, @FKMaier and myself.
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🗣️ Podcast Alert 🗣️ Step back in time with me to ancient Rome! 🏛️ Join our two AI 🤖 hosts who discover the Fratres Arvales, a mysterious priesthood of 12 men 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 from the senatorial class, devoted to the goddess Dea Dia. 🌳 Listen: 🎙️ t.uzh.ch/1Nv Or on Spotify: 1/🧵
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Overtime at the office, but of a different kind 🤣 #buildingbricks #notlego #bluebrixx #officedecoration #klemmbausteine
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🔥 New Podcast Episode! 🔥 Dive into the scandalous world of Roman poetry with our latest episode on Catullus's Invectives! 🤬 Topics: - The social power of insults in Roman society 🗣️ - Catullus's debt to Greek traditions 🏛️ - His complex and contradictory voice 🤔 1/🧵
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